Becky Simpson-Ryan

I am a fully qualified, (BSc (Hons), Dip. Counselling, MBACP) professionally registered Psychotherapist and counsellor. I am also a Clinical Supervisor and provide Supervision to other therapists in practice (specialising in the TA and integrative approach). 

My specialist area is working with neurodivergence (either self diagnosed or officially).

Do you feel like you’ve spent most of your life masking — trying to appear “fine” while inside you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, or constantly overthinking?

You might relate to:

🧠 Racing thoughts or executive dysfunction

🌊 Sensory overwhelm or shutdown

🔥 Cycles of burnout

💬 Struggling to communicate your needs

💔 Rejection sensitivity or intense self-criticism

🎭 Masking so well that other people don’t see how much you’re struggling

🕰 Grief, anger or confusion around a late ADHD or autism diagnosis

I offer neurodivergent-affirmative therapy for adults, and I also bring lived experience into my work. I understand how complex it can feel — the relief of recognition, the frustration of being misunderstood, the years of wondering “why is this so hard for me?”

In our work together, you don’t have to perform, mask, or explain yourself from scratch. Therapy can be a space where you’re supported to:

• Understand your nervous system and overwhelm

• Work with executive functioning challenges compassionately

• Explore identity, diagnosis and late-realisation grief

• Reduce shame and build self-trust

• Unmask safely and at your own pace

Above all, I aim to offer a space where you can simply be yourself — without judgement, without pressure to be “less” or “more” of who you are.

If you’re looking for therapy that understands neurodivergence from both professional training and lived experience, you’re welcome to get in touch.

My first session is an intitial consultation where I will get to know you. I may ask you to complete a couple of short assessment exercises to help me understand your brain and personality a little better. I will then work with you to make a treatment plan that you are happy with going forward. We will also agree how we will work together, including how often we will meet and via which platform (e.g online once per week.)

I offer clinical supervision at an accessible price, ideal for students and trainee therapists. I use a Humanistic Integrative perspective with Transactional Analysis as my core modality, which would suit supervisees from a similar approach or background, but I am happy to have supervisees from all areas of the field.

I have a wide range of professional experience to draw upon and I take a warm and empathetic, but also firm and challenging approach to supervision as I believe this is the optimal way to encourage development and growth in practice.